San Antonio couple Oscar and Sherry Carrero's bucket list trip was a cruise through France, but political unrest in the country upended their plans last week.
in the country upended their plans last week. It was not the dream vacation that the San Antonio couple had planned and budgeted for.
“It was supposed to be a simple cruise from Avignon to Lyon, with several stops to several small cities in France,” Oscar said. However, two days into the trip, French President Emmanuel Macron forced legislation affecting the workforce, including pushing the retirement age from 62 to 64. Protests and strikes began immediately.
“The lockmasters are on strike along the river. The ship was stuck in Avignon, and we never hit the other ports,” Oscar said.It wasn’t just cruise ships that were sidelined. One of Oscar’s videos shows barges and container ships docked along the shoreline.Supply issues and public transportation strikes kept workers from showing up to shops, restaurants, and even hotels.While the Carreros didn’t run into the volatile riots in Paris, finding food and accommodations in the smaller towns was hard.
“Our bus driver had to pass three rest stops because, literally, there was nobody working,” Oscar said.The country strikes affected anything that would make the government money, like paying tolls.The tour guide inside the bus said, “Because of them, we don’t pay.”When asked what Oscar and Sherry were most worried about, they said, “Getting home.
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